Electron collision studies on the CH$_2^+$ molecular ion
Plasma Physics
2024-05-22 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Atomic Physics
Abstract
Calculations are performed for electron collision with the methylene molecular ion CH in its bent equilibrium geometry, with the goal to obtain cross sections for electron impact excitation and dissociation. The polyatomic version of the UK molecular R-matrix codes was used to perform an initial configuration-interaction calculation on the doublet and quartet states of the CH ion. Subsequently, scattering calculations are performed to obtain electron impact electronic excitation and dissociation cross sections and, additionally, the bound states of the CH molecule and Feshbach resonances in the -CH system.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2405.12726,
title = {Electron collision studies on the CH$_2^+$ molecular ion},
author = {K. Chakrabarti and J. Zs Mezei and I. F. Schneider and J. Tennyson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.12726},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
6 pages, 6 figures and 3 tables